The Post’s Marc Berman reports that rising Czech tennis star Nicole Vaidisova will celebrate her 18th birthday when Reebok throws her a Manhattan bash at Stereo Thursday night. Vaidisova, ranked eighth in the world, has become tennis’ new “It” girl, and will be joined by Dave Matthews’ Band singer Boyd Tinsley, former Miss USA/MTV VJ Susie Castillo, John McEnroe and Jim Courier. And word has it Andy Roddick, who apparently has a taste for the European tennis starlets, and Ashlee Simpson may pop in. Reebok is set to embark on a significant advertising campaign.

Wilpon on Holocaust council

Mets COO Jeff Wilpon recently received a prestigious presidential nomination to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, which is the “governing body” of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in D.C. Wilpon, whose wife’s family suffered several losses in the Holocaust, was handed a five-year term and is now one of 55 presidential appointees.

“It’s an honor to do something with this great institution and be asked to help educate others,” Wilpon told The Post’s Mark Hale. The son of Mets owner Fred Wilpon will attempt to help raise awareness and increase the outreach in areas such as sports. In fact, he said multiple Mets – including the Jewish trio of Shawn Green, Scott Schoeneweis and David Newhan, possibly as well as Carlos Delgado – may be interested in touring the museum.

Glavine goin’ Sabres-Wings

Tom Glavine hasn’t seen as much of the NHL playoffs as he’s wanted to, but the Met ace and former fourth-round draft pick of the Los Angeles Kings gave The Post’s Michael Morrissey his postseason picks recently. Glavine liked Buffalo’s talent and the way Detroit played down the stretch, and was smart enough to back off his adopted team – the Atlanta Thrashers – once they started slowly during their sweep by the Rangers.

“Any time I go to a game or if I’m skating with my kids, I miss playing,” Glavine said. “And I’m sure when I’m done playing, I’ll play in some kind of men’s league somewhere in Atlanta. It’s not the kind of thing I look at and regret or anything like that; it’s just I miss playing. It’s a game I still love.”

Damon cuts Coco some slack

Johnny Damon continues to show his class when talking about his former team. It’s no secret Damon wanted to stay with the Red Sox, but they felt he was replaceable at a lot less money by Coco Crisp. A little over one season into the move, Crisp is struggling. He started Friday night batting .167 before hitting a huge two-run triple in the eighth inning. Asked if he followed Crisp’s struggles, Damon politely answered: “Fortunately for our team he is struggling,” Damon said prior to Friday night’s game at Fenway Park. “But he is a good guy and a good player. He needs to find a way. It’s not a good start but I am sure he will be OK.” Asked if he set the bar too high for Crisp, Damon said, “When you look at my numbers, they were all right, not absurd. I don’t think I set the standard high, I just played the game.”

Sharlee Jeter represented her brother Derek, busy playing the Indians Thursday afternoon, at the Christopher D. Smithers Foundation annual luncheon at Tavern on the Green.

Rice to Raiders:Grab JaMarcus

Jerry Rice, on “Late Hits,” his Sirius NFL Radio show, urges Raiders boss Al Davis to draft LSU QB JaMarcus Russell : “They have nobody back there to throw the ball right now. So, to me, I’m sorry, they would be stupid if they do not take [JaMarcus Russell] as their No. 1 pick … Yes, it’s going to take him a while to adjust to the speed of the NFL, but he has all the talent in the world. You’re looking at a QB that is 6-foot-6. You can see this quarterback release the football. I think this guy is going to do great things in the NFL.”

Big Blue draft dash

More than 1,000 runners and fans will kick off NFL Draft day festivities Saturday at Giants Stadium by running in the Giants Foundation Draft Day 5K at 8:30 a.m. Admission into the race is $25 if registering on Giants.com prior to tomorrow, $30 thereafter or on the day of the race, with proceeds benefiting The Giants Foundation … Jets center Nick Mangold got married last weekend to the former Jenny Richmond … The Jets’ Jerricho Cotchery and Kerry Rhodes are filming a commercial for their upcoming charity event June 23 in their native Alabama.

Starks … for three

Here’s a John Starks sampler from Stuffmagazine.com:

Q: Do you own jerseys of any other player?

A: I have a Shaq and a Dr. J. I even have a Jordan jersey – 23 not 45, of course. I have a Patrick Ewing, too.

Q: Who has the nicest handle?

A: Back when I played, it was probably Tim Hardaway. He had the killer crossover when he first came into the league. Then Allen Iverson came in, and he still probably has the best handle today.

Q: What about the jump shot?

A: I did. After me I think Dell Curry had the smoothest stroke. It was very simple. He was probably one of the best knockdown shooters I ever played against. [The late Drazen] Petrovic was tough, too. I hated playing against him.

Brooklyn baseball day for the ages

Brooklyn Cyclones fans will not only be able to purchase their Opening Day and other single-game tickets next Sunday beginning at 9 a.m. at KeySpan Park, they will be able to meet Johnny Podres, hero of the Brooklyn Dodgers’ 1955 World Series championship, for free autographs … The NETSational Seniors will perform on “Good Day New York” on Fox 5 Monday and the Nets Kids will perform on the WB11 Morning News Thursday … Devils players, coaching staff and brass, including Martin Brodeur, Zach Parise, Scott Gomez and coach Lou Lamoriello, enjoyed a team dinner at the new Gallagher’s Steak House franchise that just opened in Tampa.

Proctor’s favorite “Show”

Yankees reliever Scott Proctor doesn’t usually play baseball when he grabs his PlayStation Portable handheld video game. Proctor really enjoys John Madden’s NFL game and SOCOM, a Navy Seals game, but has checked out the new “MLB ’07: The Show,” and was highly impressed. “The graphics are good,” he told our Michael Morrissey. “The action on the players is pretty realistic to what the guys do in real life. The swings and everything else.”

Proctor said he wasn’t tempted to put himself in as a starter. He sticks to the flow of a normal Yankee game. “This year, if a situation in a game comes in where I can be used, yeah. I just do it like a manager,” Proctor said. “I enjoy doing manager mode – head coach mode in football, a season where you’re trading and all that. But I still enjoy playing.” Does Joe Torre have anything to worry about? “No, no chance,” Proctor said with a laugh. “I don’t have to manage the media on that game.”